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US strategy on IS under attack by lawmakers
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
The US administration was under fire again Wednesday, accused of a "flawed" strategy to help end the war in Syria, as a top official admitted training for moder...
Brazil truth commission urges end to dictatorship amnesty
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
A truth commission on Wednesday urged Brazil to scrap an amnesty for torturers, in a final report on the 1964-1985 military dictatorship that says at least 434 ...
US defence chief sees 'steady progress' in war on IS
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
US defence chief Chuck Hagel on Tuesday hailed "steady progress" in the war on the Islamic State group but Iraq appealed for increased military assistance to br...
20 Australian jihadists killed in Syria, Iraq: govt
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
Australia on Tuesday accused Islamic militants of using foreign fighters as "cannon fodder" and "propaganda tools" as it revealed 20 nationals have now been kil...
EU counts on intelligence sharing to stem foreign fighters' flow to Syria
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
New European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in Turkey on Monday she hoped increased intelligence-sharing would help stop the flow of foreign...
Six Guantanamo detainees sent to Uruguay
Dec 07, 2014 (AFP)
Six Guantanamo detainees have been transferred to Uruguay from the American military base in Cuba, where 136 detainees remain, the Pentagon said Sunday. Among t...
Analysis: Why the U.S. is losing the war against the Islamic State
Dec 06, 2014 (UPI)
Make no mistake. On the current trajectory, the United States is losing the war against the Islamic State and the reasons why are clear. Most telling are the Wh...
Risk of militant attack in Europe is real: France
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
The threat of an attack by Islamist militants in Europe is "real" and EU countries must all remain mobilised to counter it, France's interior minister Bernard C...
Al-Azhar urges Mideast Christians not to flee jihadists
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning, on Thursday urged Christians in the Arab world to stand firm in the face of jihadist violence and n...
US Senate panel to debate authority for IS fight
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
US senators will debate the war against jihadists in Iraq and Syria next week, as several congressional lawmakers demand a formal vote on the military campaign ...
US military tried to rescue American hostage in Yemen
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
US and Yemeni forces recently tried unsuccessfully to rescue an American journalist held by Al-Qaeda, which has now threatened to execute him, officials said Th...
Laser sniffs out toxic gases from afar
Dec 04, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have developed a way to sniff out tiny amounts of toxic gases -- a whiff of nerve gas, for example, or a hint of a chemical spill -- from up to one k...
Turkey-US moving closer on Syria no-fly zone: Ankara
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
NATO allies Turkey and the United States are narrowing their differences over plans to create a no-fly zone along the Syrian border, the Turkish foreign ministe...
Kerry hosts first anti-Islamic State coalition meeting
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in ...
Iran strikes show unusual nature of anti-IS coalition: experts
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Iranian strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq show that Tehran has become an unavoidable regional player but also highlight the unusual nature of the global ...
Denmark's jihadist rehab: homework, football and Islam
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
How do you turn around a young man who is determined to destroy the West? In the Danish city of Aarhus, you take him to a cafe or a public library and talk abou...
Coalition 'halting Islamic State's advance'
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it was finally stopping the advance of the jihadists across Iraq and Syria, but warned it co...
Head of Egypt's Al-Azhar condemns IS 'barbarity'
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
The head of Al-Azhar, one of the most prestigious centres of Sunni Islam learning, condemned Wednesday "barbaric crimes" committed by the Islamic State group in...
US Congress moves toward OK for financing war on IS jihadists
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
US congressional negotiators late Tuesday approved an emergency funding package to pay for military operations against the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq ...
US says Iranian fighter jets bomb IS jihadists in Iraq
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Iranian fighter jets struck Islamic State militants in eastern Iraq in recent days, the Pentagon said Tuesday, signaling Tehran's determination to confront the ...
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